Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to be Defense secretary, appears before the Senate Armed Services Committee for ... the Senate of the United States can perform its ...

Roger Wicker, R-Miss., chair of the Senate Committee on Armed Services, praised defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth‘s ability to communicate the global threats facing the United States in a ...

A cloud of controversy has hung over Hegseth, but he now appears to be on track to be confirmed as Trump's defense secretary.

By Karoun Demirjian Reporting from Washington The top members of the Senate Armed Services Committee were briefed ... aware of the briefings. Senator Roger Wicker, Republican of Mississippi ...

CNN's Manu Raju grilled Senate Armed Services Committee Chair Roger Wicker (R-MS) about Defense Secretary-designate Pete Hegseth's FBI background check.

Confirmation hearings for Donald Trump’s cabinet picks begin this week, starting with Trump’s choice for defense secretary, ...

Hegseth is set to begin confirmation hearings on Capitol Hill. In his opening statement obtained by NBC News, he leans into his outside perspective. “It’s time to give someone with dust on his boots ...

Hegseth faced intense questioning from Democrats in his Armed Services Committee ... audiences— the committee, the United States Senate, and the general American public,” Wicker said after ...

Chair Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) declared the hearing a “tour de force” and “triumph” on the part of Hegseth. “Mr. Hegseth had three audiences: the committee, the United States Senate and ...

Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) announced Friday he has been named chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee. “I am eager to take on the responsibilities of the role, because the committee’s work is ...

Banks urged Senate Committee on Armed Services Chairman Roger Wicker ... s important work for the national security of the United States," Banks said. An Armed Services committee aide told ...